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THE HUMAN HEART. 



A BIBLE BEADING. 



BY 

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KEY. JOSHUA GILL. 




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1889. 



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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 

I. The Natural Heart. . . 13 

II. The Renewed Heart. . . 29 

III. The Entirely Sanctified Heart 57 



THE HUMAN HEAKT. 



A BIBLE READING. 



INTRODUCTORY, 



The word "heart," when employed to 
express spiritual ideas, is always used figura- 
tively. Literally speaking, the heart is the 
central organ of power in an animal body. 
When employed figuratively, it simply means 
the centre of things, the mainspring of action, 
the fountain of influence. It stands for 
character as distinguished from conduct. A 
man will do according to what lie is. Jesus 
will recognize tins principle and act upon it 
the judgment of the last day. 

Matt. 25 : 23. His lord said unto him, Well done , good 
and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter 
thou into the joy of thy lord. 

24. Then he which had received the one talent came 
and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where 
thou hast not strewed : 

25. And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in 
the earth : lo, there thou hast, that is thine . 



8 THE HUMAN HEART. 

26. His lord answered and said unto hi in, Thou 
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that 1 reap 
where I sowed not, and gather where I have not 
strewed. 

The word " good " in the twenty-third verse 
represents the character or the state of heart of 
the servant addressed, while the word f - faith- 
ful" represents his conduct. Then in the 
twenty-sixth verse the words "wicked" and 
"slothful" are used to express the same ideas. 
The good man will be faithful ; the wicked man 
will be slothful. The wicked man cannot be 
faithful; the good man cannot be slothful.' 
The state of the heart is indicated by the out- 
ward life. Deception and hypocrisy are possi- 
ble for a brief time, but, in the end, what is in 
will come out, for " the tree is known by his 
fruit." 

Prov. 4 : 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for 
out of it are the issues of life. 

Here we have the exact idea. The heart is a 
spring from which issue the streams that make 
up the sum total of a human life. If the 
fountain is kept pure, the streams will be pure 
also. Hence the exhortation, "keep thy heart 
with all diligence." The mere moralist will 
cultivate the outside to the neglect of the 



THE NATURAL HEART. 9 

heart ; the Bible teaches us to keep the heart 
right, when the outward life will correspond as 
naturally as fruit to a tree. " The heart is the 
seat of true purity or impurity/' 

Matt. 12 : 83. Either make the tree good, and his fruit 
good ; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit cor- 
rupt : for the tree is known by his fruit. 

?A. generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
speak good things? for out of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaketh. 

35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart 
bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the 
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 

Here Jesus places the thought before us with 
great emphasis. A good tree brings forth good 
fruit ; a corrupt tree brings forth corrupt fruit. 
In saving men, ourselves or others, begin by 
making the tree good ; that is, make ourselves 
good. Any other course is time and energy 
thrown away. Reformation is not salvation. 
A man may reform himself, only God can save 
him. Salvation implies a radical change of 
character from bad to good. The heart is a 
treasury. The heart of a good man produces • 
'- good treasures." " Evil things " issue from 
the evil treasury of a bad man's heart. " There 
is truly treasure and hidden abundance in every 
man.' 7 



THE NATURAL HEART. 11 



CHAPTEE I. 



THE NATURAL HEART. 



The heart is in a natural state when it is 
destitute of saving grace ; when it is in a con- 
dition of natural or inborn depravity, inherited 
from Adam, the first sinner and progenitor of 
the human race. Everywhere, except in the 
realm of morals and religion, a state of nature 
is one of innocence and purity. But in this 
realm the natural heart is cold, dark, depraved 
and lost. For this reason Jesus declares, " Ye 
must be born again." Nature must be sup- 
planted by grace. 

Epli. 2: 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according 
to the course of this world, according to the prince of 
the power of the air ; the spirit that now worketh in the 
children of disobedience : 

3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires 
of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the 
children of wrath, even as others. 

St. Paul thus clearly sustains the view pre- 



12 THE HUMAN HEART. 

sented above. Here are some of the points he 
makes. The Ephesians were : 

1. By nature the children of wrath. 

2. So were others, the whole race. We all. 

3. Fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of 
the mind. 

4. Conversation (conduct) in times past in the 
lusts of the flesh. 

5. Walked according to the course of this 
world. 

6. According to the prince of the power of 
the air. 

7. According to the spirit that now worketh 
in the children of disobedience. 

The natural state of man, the natural heart, 
is thus shown to be anything but pure and 
clean. On the contrary it is "earthly, sensual, 
devilish " ; " sensual, having not the Spirit." 
" The filth of the draught is not so great as is 
that of a heart uncleansed." 

Jer. 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and 
desperately wicked : who can know it ? 

10. I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even 
to give every man according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 

A prominent evangelist has lately declared 
that this text expresses the state of a converted 



THE NATURAL HEART. 13 

man's heart. But how can that be, when by 
conversion he becomes a " new creature " ? A 
radical change takes place at conversion. " The 
old things are passed away ; behold, they are 
become new." To say that the converted or 
regenerated heart " is deceitful above all things 
and desperately wicked/' is to confound things 
which differ, to make the new heart so much 
like the old heart that they cannot be distin- 
guished. It is the natural heart which is de- 
ceitful and wicked. It has in it " the promise 
and potency " of all sin. As there are seeds of 
all weeds in the soil of the ground, so there are 
seeds of all evil in an unrenewed heart. 

Isa. 57 : 20. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, 
when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and 
dirt. 

21. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 

What we have said finds in this text a strik- 
ing confirmation. The sea is restless, so is the 
natural heart. The wicked have no peace. The 
sea casts up mire and dirt. So does the unclean 
heart. What is in the heart will come out. 
Mire and dirt, in language and conduct show 
the filthy condition of the natural heart. Dis- 
turbance, not peace, reigns in such a heart. 



14 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Ps. 51 : 5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; and in 
sin did my mother conceive me. 

6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 

This text is a remarkable illustration of the 
reality and universality of natural depravity. 
David does not mean to teach that his mother 
was a sinner above other women. He is giving 
expression to a profound philosophy of the 
hereditary character of sin. God desires truth, 
or purity, in the inward parts, which is equiva- 
lent to demanding it. If men are naturally 
inwardly pure and truthful no such demand 
would be necessary. This text states the plain, 
clear truth. Men are born into this world with 
an evil nature. They are born, not good, but 
evil. God's demand is inward truth or holiness. 
David's cry for purging and washing would 
have no meaning, coupled as it is with a state- 
ment of his sinful conception, on any other 
hypothesis. "My birth tendencies are out of 
square of equity." "Reality, sincerity, true 
holiness, heart-fidelity ; these are the demands 
of God." 

Ps. 58 : 3, The wicked are estranged from the womb : 
they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 



THE NATURAL HEART. 15 

The ninth, article of the English creed illus- 
trates this text and the whole subject so aptly 
that we subjoin a part of it: " Original sin 
stancleth not in the following of Adam (as the 
Pelagians do vainly talk) but it is the fault and 
corruption of the nature of every man that 
naturally is engendered of the offspring of 
Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from 
original righteousness, and is of his own nature 
inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always 
contrary to the Spirit ; and therefore in every 
person born into this world, it deserveth God's 
wrath and damnation." Sin is a principle inhe- 
rent in human nature ; it is not contracted by 
contagion. Men sin naturally, though they 
may learn forms of sinning by observing 
others. 

Gen. 6 : 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man 
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the 
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 

This is very strong language. " Wickedness " 
refers to the wicked conduct of the Antedilu- 
vians. Their " wickedness was great." But we 
are not at all surprised at that when we see 
what sort of hearts they had. "Every imagin- 
ation of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 
continually." Here are seven emphatic words. 



16 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Read the text seven times, emphasizing a differ- 
ent word each time. It will grow on yon. 
When men are as wicked as this what can God 
do with them? He destroyed the Antediluvians 
with water. Let us beware lest he destroy us 
with tire. These people were born depraved. 
When they died they certainly could not have 
been less than totally depraved. The language 
above can mean nothing less than total de- 
pravity. 

Eccl. 9 : 3. This is an evil among all things that are 
done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : 
yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and 
madness is in their heart while they live, and after that 
they go to the dead. 

Mark how completely evil takes possession of 
men. " The heart of the sons of men is full of 
evil." There is a class of thinkers who insist 
upon construing such texts literally ; but when 
the Bible speaks of being " full of goodness," 
they declare such a thing impossible in this life. 
God, in their estimation, is not as strong as 
Satan. Satan (so they reason) can fill men 
with his spirit, but God cannot fill men with 
His Spirit. 

Isa. 1 : 5. Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye 
will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and 
the whole heart faint. 



THE NATURAL HEART. 1, 

0. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there 
is no soundness in it ; hat wounds, and bruises, and 
putrifying sores : .they have not been closed, neither 
bound up, neither molliiied with ointment. 

Xotice tlie allegations made in this text : 

1. Men are stricken by sin. 

2. They revolt more and more. 

3. The whole head is sick. 

4. The whole heart is faint. 

5. No moral soundness from head to foot. 

6. Wounds and bruises and putrifying sores. 

7. They have not been cleansed nor healed. 
This is a true picture of an unrenewed man. 

Zech. 7: 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled 
away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they 
should not hear. 

12. Yen, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, 
lest they should hear the law, and the words which the 
Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former 
prophets : therefore came a great wrath from the Lord 
of hosts. 

How hard sin makes the heart. As an ada- 
mant stone. It is impossible to write the law 
upon it until it is melted and molded by divine 
power. The fire of God alone can melt it. 

Matt. 13: 15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, 
and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they 
have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their 



18 THE HUMAN HEART, 



eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand 
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should 
heal them. 

If a man's heart is naturally evil it is liable 
to wax worse and worse. And that is what the 
text teaches. For the heart to wax gross is to 
grow harder and more indifferent to truth, more 
bent to evil, and more taken up with worldly 
and selfish indulgences. No one is as bad as 
the adult Antediluvians were, at the beginning 
of their lives and all at once, but the heart 
waxes gross. Men increase in wickedness ; they 
go from bad to worse. The new-born infant has 
the germ of all sin and wickedness, and all the 
possibilities of the Antediluvians, but it takes 
time and repeated sins to bring depravity to a 
state of perfection. " Sin, when it is finished, 
bringeth forth death." 

Eph. 4: 18. Having the understanding darkened, be- 
ing alienated from the life of God thn.ugh the ignorance 
that is in them, because of the blindness of their 
heart: 

19. Who being past feeling have given themselves 
over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with 
greediness. 

1. Having the understanding darkened. 

2. Being alienated from the life of God. 

3. Through the ignorance that is in them. 



THE NATURAL HEART. 19 

4. Because qf the blindness of their heart. 

5. Being past feeling. 

6. Given themselves over to lasciviousness 
(lustf ulness). 

7. To work all uncleanness with greediness. 
Here is a case of sin gone to seed. 

Matt. 15: 17. Do not ye yet understand, that whatso- 
ever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is 
cast out into the draught ? 

18. Bat those things which proceed out of the mouth 
come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. 

19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, mur- 
ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blas- 
phemies : 

20. These are tJoe things which defile a man : but to 
eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 

All of a man's vileness is in his heart. The 
outward act is the simple index pointing to the 
state of his heart. "They defile the man," that 
is, point to and show his vileness. Jt is not his 
hand that steals and murders ; it is his heart. 
It is not his tongue that lies and blasphemes ; it 
is his heart. It is not his brain that thinks (is 
responsible for) evil thoughts ; it is his heart. 

Matt. 5 : 28. But I say unto you, That whosoever 
looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed 
adultery with her already in his heart. 

The wicked ; unclean deed has its birth in the 



20 THE HUMAN HEART. 

heart, and may be committed there though 
never cons animated in the outward act. 

"Whosoever hateth his brother is a mur- 
derer." 

Matt. 12 : 31. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner 
of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but 
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be for- 
given unto men. 

32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son 
of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speak- 
eth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, 
neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 

33. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or 
else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for 
the tree is known by his fruit. 

34. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaketh. 

35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart 
bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the 
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 

36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in 
the day of judgment. 

37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by 
thy words thou shalt be condemned. 

1. A generation of vipers, poisonous reptiles. 

2. Being evil, that is, having evil hearts. 

3. A corrupt tree, a bad man. - 

4. Corrupt fruit, bad deeds. 



THE NATURAL HEART. 21 

5. Evil speakings, evil things, idle words, bad 
fruit of a bad tree. 

6. The tree is known by its fruit. 

7. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which 
has never forgiveness, neither in this world nor 
in the world to come. 

8. The tree is not good, but it may be made 
good by grace, then its fruit will be good. 

Matt. 13 : 18. Hear ye therefore the parable of the 
sower. 

19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, 
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. 
This is he which received seed by the way side. 

The parable of the sower teaches how men 
are saved by the word. It also teaches how, 
through various conditions and influences, he 
who hears the word may fail of salvation. 
This text shows a state of heart that is truly 
deplorable. It is like a wayside or hard trav- 
elled road. The seed cannot penetrate the soil 
and lies exposed to the birds who steal it away. 
These birds represent the devil. St. Paul 
speaks of a "hard and impenitent heart." 

Matt. 15 : 7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy 
of you, saying, 

8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, 
ami honoreth me with their lips ; but their heart is far 
from me. 



22 THE HUMAN HEART. 

This text gives us a description of the hypo- 
critical heart. The mouth speaks of God, but 
the heart is not in the speech. Such people 
are without God and without hope in the world. 
They say, "Lord, Lord," but do not the will of 
God. Why should such persons want to say, 
"Lord, Lord"? Why should they desire to 
appear what they know they are not ? Selfish- 
ness ; and this shows more plainly than any- 
thing else the true nature of the unrenewed 
heart. 

Luke 16 : 14. And the Pharisees also, who were cov- 
etous, heard all these things : and they derided him. 

15. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify 
yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : 
for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomi- 
nation in the sight of God. 

Other hypocritical characters are here brought 
to view. God's thoughts are not our thoughts, 
neither are his ways our ways. Man looketh 
on the outward appearance, but the Lord look- 
eth on the heart. The evidence that the heart 
is still unrenewed is the fact that one holds 
human opinions and thinks human thoughts, 
and pays no regard to what God thinks and 
speaks. 

John 13 : 2. And supper being ended, the devil having 



THE NATURAL HEART. 23 

now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, 
to betray him. 

The devil caught away the seed sown by the 
wayside; the devil filled Ananias' heart to lie 
to the Holy Ghost; Elymas the sorcerer was 
full of all subtlety and all mischief, the child 
of the devil, the enemy of all righteousness, a 
perverter of the right ways of the Lord ; all of 
which goes to show that the devil has very 
much to do with, wicked men. They are his 
children ; .they partake of his nature ; they are 
inspired by him to do evil things. According 
to the text at the head of this paragraph, he 
put it into Judas' heart to betray Jesus. The 
unrenewed heart is the home of Satan. 

Acts 5 : 3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan 
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep 
hack part of the price of the land ? 

4. While it remained, was it not thine own ? and after 
it was sold was it not in thine own power? why hast 
thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not 
lied unto men, but unto God. 

Here Tve have the case of Ananias in full. 
Satan is a liar and the father of it. He con- 
trols unsaved men, though perhaps they do not 
fully realize it. 

Acts 7 : 51. Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in 



24 THE HUMAN HEART. 

heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as 
your fathers did, so do ye. 

Another representation of hard-heartedness, 
stubborn resistance to the Holy Ghost. Stiff- 
necked and uncircumcised. Such a heart is 
both unregenerated and unsanctified. 

Acts 8 : 20. But Peter said unto him, Thy money per- 
ish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of 
God may be purchased with money. 

21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 

A man whose heart is unrenewed is intellect- 
ually blind as to spiritual things. He thought 
the gift of God might be purchased with 
money. Put emphasis on the word " gift." No 
gift can be purchased. A gift is a gift. One 
with spiritual eyesight can see, but no one else 
can. When Paul was converted the scales fell 
from his eyes. No man's heart is right in the 
sight of God till sin and selfishness are cast 
out by divine grace. 

Rom. 1:21. Because that, when they knew God, they 
glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but be- 
came vain in their imagination and their foolish heart 
was darkened . 

22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became 
fools. 

23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God 



THE NATURAL HEART. 25 

into an image made like to corruptible man, and to 
birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 

24. Wherefore God also gave them np to uncleanness, 
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their 
own bodies between themselves : 

25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and wor- 
shipped and served the creature more than the Creator, 
who is blessed forever. Amen. 

Here is another illustration of the same sub- 
ject. 

1. They knew not God. 

2. They glorify Him not as God. 

3. They were not thankful. 

4. Became vain in their' imaginations. 

5. Their foolish heart was darkened. 

6. Professing wisdom, they became fools. 

7. Became idolaters of the w^orst sort. 

8. God gave them up to lust and all unclean- 
ness. 

9. They changed the truth of God into a lie. 

10. Set the creature above the Creator. 

Rom. 1 : 28. And even as they did not like to retain 
God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a repro- 
bate mind, to do those things which are not convenient ; 

29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, 
murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, 
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to par- 
ents, 



26 THE HUMAN HEART. 

31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers, with- 
out natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : 

32. Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they 
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only 
do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 

Here again is sin gone to seed. " Sin/' says 
St. James, " when it is finished bringeth forth 
death." Read the indictment over carefully, 
especially the last verse. These are not igno- 
rant sinners, they are those who follow to ripe- 
ness the natural inclination of the natural 
heart. A reprobate mind is one abandoned to 
punishment without hope of pardon. 

Rom. 2 : 5. But, after thy hardness and impenitent 
heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day 
of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of 
God. 

Rom. 1 : 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from 
heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of 
men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. 

A heart made hard by repeated sins, and 
made impenitent by persistent procrastination, 
accumulates wrath against the day of wrath. 
What an awful retribution awaits the hardened, 
impenitent sinner. 

Gal. 5 : 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 
which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, 
lasciviousness, 



THE NATURAL HEART. 27 

20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, 
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and 
such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also 
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

"The works of the flesh. " The " flesh " is 
only another name for the unienewed heart. 
This Scripture corresponds to thao portraiture 
of Jesus where he says above, "Out of the 
heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulte- 
ries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphe- 
mies ; these are the things which defile the 
man," i e., exhibit the defiled state of his heart. 
The "flesh" in St. Paul's writings is often 
identical with the "carnal mind,'' or the unre- 
newed heart in the text before us. " The flesh " 
is personified and his works are catalogued. 
What a horrid list ! Yet they are all in the 
unrenewed heart. The right occasion will bring 
them all out. 



THE REX K WED HEART. 29 



CHAPTEE II. 



THE REXEWED HEART. 



The heart of man is renewed when spiritual 
life has been restored to it. By nature it is 
destitute of life. "And you hath he quickened, 
who were dead in trespasses and sins." " And 
you being dead in your sins and the uncircumci- 
sion of your flesh, hath he quickened together 
with him, having forgiven you all trespasses. ? > 
Some object to the term " renewed heart/' and 
insist on using the term "new heart." Their 
reason for making this distinction is. that they 
hold the altogether untenable ground that the 
natural heart cannot be changed. It is, they 
say, thoroughly and irredeemably bad. They 
call it the "old nature." So they say that God 
creates a "new nature," which lives alongside 
of the " old nature." Between the two there is 
irreconcilable war. This "two nature" theory, 
as taught by those referred to, is false, decep- 



30 THE HUMAN HEART, 

tive and destructive. The truth is, that this 
"new heart" is the old heart renewed in the 
very image of God, in which it was created in 
the first place. " You hath he quickened." 
" Ye must be born again." It is not a new crea- 
tion put in a man. It is the man himself raised 
from the death of sin to the knowledge and love 
of God. Just as Lazarus was the same Lazarus 
after as before his resurrection. So the con- 
verted man is the same man as before, only he 
is born or translated into a new life and a new 
world. He has been returned to the spiritual 
realm from which he fell in Adam. " Who hath 
delivered us from the power of darkness, and 
hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear 
Son. In whom we have redemption through 
his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." 

" Eegeneration," says the late Eev. B. W. 
Gorham, "is the impartation of life to the 
human soul." Webster says it is "the new 
birth by the grace of God, that change by 
which the will and natural enmity of man to 
God and his law are subdued, and a principle of 
supreme love to God and his law is implanted 
in the heart." Watson says, "Eegeneration — 
a new birth ; that work of the Holy Spirit by 
which we experience a change of heart." Scrip- 



THE RENEWED HEART. 31 

ture phrase conveying it is, "Born again/' 
-Born of God," "Born of the Spirit," " A new 
creature," or creation, " Born from above," 
" Quickened," "Created in Christ Jesus unto 
good works," "Christ in you," "Partakers 
of his holiness," "Partakers of the divine 
nature." 1 

1 Sam. 10: 6. And the Spirit of the Lord will come 
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and 
shalt be turned into another man. 

9. And it was so, that, when he had turned his back 
to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and 
all those signs came to pass that day. 

Saul, the first king of Israel, experienced a 
change of heart, or, as the margin reads, " God 
turned him another heart," that is, turned or 
changed him so that he had another heart. He 
was a changed man. The process by which the 
change was wrought is also stated ; " the spirit 
of the Lord came upon him," and he was 
"turned into another man." 

This corresponds to the words of the Lord 
Jesus in John 3: 5, 6, "Jesus answered, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of 
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
the kingdom of God. That which is born of 
the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit." 



32 THE HUMAN HEART 

The figure of birth here employed is a very 
simple one. Just as vegetable life and animal 
life are reproduced from seed planted under 
proper conditions, so when the seed of the 
kingdom, which is "the word of God/ 7 is 
planted in the heart of man under favorable 
conditions of the consenting will, the believing 
heart, the " good ground/' there is spiritual life. 
It is the birth of the Spirit, because the Holy 
Spirit is the executive of the Godhead, and like 
the reproductive energy of nature, which makes 
the vegetable seed germinate, the Holy Spirit 
causes the seed of the Word to germinate in 
the believing heart, thus producing life. 

Eze. 36: 26. A new heart also will I give you, and 
a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take 
away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will 
give you a heart of flesh. 

The hard, stony heart gives way to the soft, 
fleshly heart ; the old heart is made new. And 
to this agree the words of St. Paul: "Therefore 
if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature : 
old things are passed away ; behold, all things 
are become new." "Behold, they are become 
new/' is the revised version, showing that the 
new heart is not the creation of a new entity, 
but the restoration of something lost. The 



THE RENEWED HEART. 33 

context in Ezekiel shows that the change is 
wrought by the Spirit of God, as we may 
plainly see by the next verse : "And I will put 
my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in 
my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, 
and do them" The new-born soul obeys God. 
That is its chief characteristic. "He that is 
bom of God doth not commit sin" The obedi- 
ence is not constrained and forced. It is not a 
legal bondage. There is a large degree of 
liberty in a new-born soul. It is " the glorious 
liberty of the children of God." 

Eze. 11: 19. And I will give them one heart, and I 
will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the 
stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a 
heart of flesh : 

20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep 
mine ordinances, and do them : and they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God. 

This text is of the same import as the one 
above from the 36th of Ezekiel. The points 
taught are : 

1. Another heart, different from the former 
one is given. 

2. This change is wrought by the Spirit. 

3. It is by belief in and obedience to the 
word of God. 



34 THE HUMAN HEART. 

4. And results in permanent obedience. 

5. The people by this process become estab- 
lished as God's people. 

Isa. 6: 9. And he said, Go, and tell this people, 
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye in- 
deed, but perceive not. 

10. Make the heart of this people fat, and make 
their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see 
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and under- 
stand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 

This passage, while showing God's anger at 
the persistent rebellion of the people, is a pow- 
erful incidental proof text of the possibility 
and process of conversion or a change of heart. 
Note the points. Lest they should : 

1. See with their ejes. 

2. Hear with their ears. 

3. Understand with their hearts. 

4. Be converted and healed. 

Isa. 55: 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found: call ye upon him while he is near: 

7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unright- 
ous man his thoughts : and let him return unto the 
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our 
God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

8. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither 
are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 

9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so 
are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts 
than your thoughts. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 35 

10. For as the rain cometli down, and the snow 
from heaven, and returneth not thither, bnt watereth 
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it 
may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 

11. So shall my word be that goeth forth out of 
my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it 
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

By a careful collection of the points taught 
in this passage we see " God's method with sin- 
ful man/ 7 in bringing him into harmony with 
Himself. 

1. "Seek ye the Lord while He may be 
found." That means, "seek Him now." 

2. "Call ye upon Him while He is near." 
" Behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now 
is the day of salvation." 

3. "'Let the wicked forsake his ways," that 
is, his outward sins. 

4. "Let the unrighteous man forsake his 
thoughts," that is, his inward and secret sins. 
His heart sins. 

5. " Let him return unto the Lord," showing 
that conversion or the new birth is a restoration 
to God's favor and fellowship. 

6. "He will have mercy upon him." The 
sinner deserves no mercy. He cannot merit or 
purchase God's favor. Salvation is a free 
gift. 



36 THE HUMAN HEART. 

7. "Our God will abundantly pardon." Par- 
don is abundant. It is perfect, reaching to all 
the sins ever committed. It is a perfect pardon 
for all actual sins. God pardons as a king par- 
dons. It is a royal bounty. 

8. God's thoughts always are as far above 
ours as the heavens are high above the earth. 

9. In the last two verses the certain and irre- 
sistible power of God's word as the instrument 
of salvation is pointed out, especially where it 
is received and believed. God's word is both 
an impregnable fort and an irresistible force. 
" It shall accomplish that which I please, and it 
shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." 

This corresponds to the word spoken by St. 
James : " Of his own will begat he us with the 
word of truth, that we should be a kind of first 
fruits of his creatures. Wherefore lay apart 
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, 
and receive with meekness the engrafted word, 
which is able to save your souls. But be ye 
doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiv- 
ing your own selves. For if any be a hearer of 
the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man 
beholding his natural face in a glass : For he 
beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he 



THE RENEWED HEART. 37 

was : but whoso looketh into the perfect law of 
liberty, and continueth therein, he being 
not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 
work, this man shall be blessed in his 
deed." The seed of the word dropped in 
the heart is the "engrafted" or implanted 
" word which is able," or has power, "to save 
our souls." Obedience to the word is the surest 
proof that it is received by faith. St. Peter 
confirms this thought, as indeed do all the 
sacred Scriptures : " Being born again, not of 
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the 
word of God, which liveth and abideth for 
ever." And St. John gives a remarkable 
affirmation of the same doctrine: "Whosoever 
is born of God doth not commit sin: for his 
seed remaineth in him : and he cannot sin, be- 
cause he is born of God." The seed is the 
word. The sower sows the word. 

Jer. 24 : 7. And I will give them a heart to know 
me, that I am the Lord : and they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God : for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

The unrenewed heart knows not God : " That 
at that time ye were without Christ, being 
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of promise, hav- 



38 THE HUMAN HEART. 

ing no hope, and without God in the world." 
But just as soon as the new birth takes place 
and the " new heart " is given, then they have 
"a heart to know me, that I am the Lord." St. 
Paul counted this knowledge of immense value 
as shown in Philippians : " Yea doubtless, and I 
count all things but loss for the excellency of 
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for 
whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and 
do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.'' 
The knowledge of God is the highest knowl- 
edge possible to man. It brings peace, power 
and eternal life. Jesus is the medium through 
whom this knowledge comes to us, for He Him- 
self declares, " He that hath seen me hath seen 
the Father." Jesus was in the Father and the 
Father was in Jesus. " I am the way, the truth 
and the life." 

Jer. 31 : 33. But this shall be the covenant that I 
will make with the house of Israel; after those days, 
saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward 
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their 
God, and they shall be my people. 

34. And they shall teach no more every man his 
neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know 
the Lord : for they shall all know me, from the least 
of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: 
for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember 
their sin no more. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 39 

Look at the blessings of the new covenant : 

1. Iniquities forgiven. 

2. Sin remembered no more. 

3. Knowledge of God. 

4. The law put in the inward parts. 

5. The law written in their hearts. 

6. I will be their God. 

7. They shall be my people. 

This is the heritage of God's saved people. 
To be a child of God is no mean privilege. 

Matt. 18: 3. And said, Verily I say unto you, Ex- 
cept ye be converted, and become as little children, 
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

A child's heart is tender, teachable and trust- 
ful. So will ours be when we are truly con- 
verted. The importance of childhood or early 
conversion is emphasized by the following com- 
putation said to have been based on actual ex- 
amination of a thousand individual Christians. 
Take one thousand Christians. It will be found 
that, 
548 were converted before reaching the age of 

twenty. 
337 were converted between twenty and thirty. 
96 " " " thirty and forty. 

15 " " " forty and fifty. 

3 " " " fifty and sixty. 



40 THE HUMAN HEART. 

1 was converted after reaching the age of 
sixty. 

This comparison shows how hard it is for an 
old man to obtain a child's heart after living so 
many years in sin and neglect of God. Not 
that God's hand is shortened, or his ear heavy, 
but sin hardens the heart and blinds the mind, 
till conversions after sixty are only one in a 
thousand. 

John 1 : 12. But as many as received him, to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his name : 

13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will 
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

Our glorious privilege of being the sons of 
God is again set forth. 

First, We have the conditionality of this 
privilege. "As many as received him." Some 
rejected Christ, and always to their own de- 
struction. " Except ye repent, ye shall all like- 
wise perish." " But as many as received him." 
To such he is a gift unspeakable. No hard toil- 
ing to obtain eternal life. Just receive Christ. 
And yet to receive Him to our hearts and 
homes and business and churches, to really 
receive him, means a radical reformation of our 
hearts and lives. To receive Christ is to sub- 
mit utterly to his Spirit, law and example. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 41 

Second, Power to become sons of God. If 
the reception of Christ cuts us off from many 
worldly advantages, pleasures and gratifica- 
tions, it introduces us to privileges divine, glo- 
rious and eternal. How hard it is for the 
unrenewed heart to weigh these things and 
exchange the cheap pearls of worldly seeking 
for the " pearl of great price." 

Third, Then comes the birth, its nature and 
reality. It is a real birth, but by a new process, 
a divine process. " Of His own will begat He 
us with the word of truth." "Born again, not 
of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible which 
liveth and abideth forever." " His seed re- 
maineth in him and he cannot sin, because he is 
born of God.'' This is a divine mystery, and 
yet how plain when studied in the light of 
Scripture and experience. 

John 3: 5. Jesus answered, Yerily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of 
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be 
born again. 

8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou 
hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence 
it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that 
is born of the Spirit. 



42 THE HUMAN HEART. 

First, Ye must be born again. The " musts " 
of Jesus lay on us an irrevocable necessity. 
"The Scriptures must be fulfilled." "The Son 
of man must suffer." " The Son of man mast 
be lifted up." "They that worship Him must 
worship Him in spirit and in truth." "He 
must rise from the dead." "He must reign till 
he hath put all enemies under His feet." 
"This corruptible mast put on incorruption." 
"He that cometh to God must believe." 

" YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN." 

There is here one alternative. To be forever 
shut out of the kingdom of God. " Except a man 
be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God." Within the 
kingdom or in outer darkness. There is no 
middle ground. And it is a spiritual birth — 
the work of the Holy Spirit. Water, the 
Scriptural symbol of the regenerating work of 
the Holy Spirit is used here, so that the symbol 
and the thing symbolized are used together. 
The philosophy of the new birth is explained 
by reference to the reproduction of life in the 
animal and vegetable kingdoms. But beyond 
these analogies, the whole subject is a mystery 
to be known to the initiated, but not explained 



THE RENEWED HEART. 43 

to rejectors and scoffers. The true seeker need 
not "marvel." "That which is born of the 
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit." They both are mysteries be- 
longing to their different realms, and yet both 
are real and eternal births. 

John 4: 13. Jesus answered and said unto her, 
Whosoever drinketli of this water shall thirst again : 

14. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I 
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that 
I shall give him shall be in him a well of water 
springing up into everlasting life. 

" In him," that is, in his heart. The new 
birth is symbolized, not only by water baptism, 
but by water presented under the figure of a 
well planted in the heart, " springing up into 
everlasting life." " Whosoever drinketh," that 
is, keeps drinking. Drinking is the symbol of 
believing, and believing must not be for once 
only ; it must be a continuous practice. While 
the believer believes, or while the drinker 
drinks, the well will be in his hear;; and will 
keep springing up. He shall never thirst, that 
is, as one does who is not drinking. He will 
have a continual relish for the water, but he 
will not have that uncomfortable longing which 
thirst symbolizes. 



44 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Acts 3: 19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, 
that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of 
refreshing shall come from the presence of the 
Lord. 

A change of heart. The order of truth in 
this verse is natural and logical : 

1. Repentance. This always goes before true 
conversion. " Godly sorrow worketh repent- 
ance not to be repented of, but the sorrow of 
the world worketh death." Repentance is the 
utter abandonment of sin both in thought and 
deed. A sorrow that works repentance, and yet 
does not work this, is a spurious sorrow. 

2. " Be converted ; " or " turn yourselves," or 
"turn again." Having reference to the fact 
that God made us holy at the first and we are 
to turn again and become loyal to Him ; or it 
may mean that we all as children are of the 
family of God by virtue of the atonement, and 
that conversion brings us back to childhood 
innocence. 

3. " That your sins may be blotted out." A 
sponge wet in Jesus' blood wipes off the record 
of sins against our names when we repent and 
turn again. " Return unto me and I will return 
unto you." 

4. " So that there may come seasons of 



THE RENEWED HEART. 45 

refreshing from the presence of the Lord." 
(Ee vised version.) 

Acts 8: 37. And Philip said, If thou believest with 
all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and 
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

The conversion of the Eunuch. How simple. 
He as seeker was reading the Word of God. 
Philip was sent to expound the Scriptures to 
him. Believing with all his heart he found 
salvation. 

Acts 16: 14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a 
seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which wor- 
shipped God, heard w.s : whose heart the Lord 
opened, that she attended unto the things which 
were spoken of Paul. 

15. And when she was baptized and her household, 
she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be 
faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide 
there. And she constrained us. 

How simple. Lydia "heard us." She sim- 
ply took in the gospel message. God opened 
her heart. She was baptized. Baptism is the 
outward symbol of the new birth. Her 
house then became the welcome home of the 
preachers. 

Rom. 5: 1. Therefore being justified by faith, we 
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ: 



46 THE HUMAN HEART, 

2. By whom also we have access by faith into this 
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the 
glory of God. 

3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations 
also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 

4. And patience, experience; and experience, 
hope : 

5. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the 
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy 
Ghost which is given unto us. 

At least two things are taught in this pass- 
age and these two things take place at one and 
the same moment. They are first, Justification, 
which is equivalent to the pardon of all our 
past sins for Jesus' sake ; and second, Recjenera- 
tion, which is expressed in this case by the 
words " the love of God is shed abroad in our 
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto 
us. 7? Notice, the love of God is not poured 
into our hearts, but the Holy Spirit coming into 
our hearts sheds His love abroad there, and His 
love thus shed abroad awakens our love to Him 
and to our neighbor, and thus we have the high- 
est proof that we are born again, for love is the 
fulfilling of the law. After this, according to 
St. John, "our love is made perfect." 

Kom. 6: 17. But God be thanked, that ye were the 
servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 47 

18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the 
servants of righteousness. 

The translation from sin to righteousness is 
here stated and the method of its accomplish- 
ment. " Ye have obeyed from the heart that 
form of doctrine which was delivered you." 
Heart submission to the truth brings a change 
of heart. We are servants to him to whom we 
yield ourselves servants to obey. Before con- 
version we yield to Satan and serve him in the 
commission of sin. But by changing masters, 
throwing off the yoke of Satan and taking the 
yoke of Christ, we became servants to God, 
having our "fruit unto holiness and the end 
everlasting life." 

Rom. 10: 6. But the righteousness which is of 
faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, 
Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring 
Christ down from above : ) 

7. Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, 
to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 

8. But what saitli it ? The word is nigh thee, even 
in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of 
faith, which we preach; 

9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the 
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God 
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

10. For with the heart man believeth unto right- 
eousness; and with the mouth confession is made 
unto salvation. 



48 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Heart acceptance of the Word and mouth, 
confession are the conditions set forth here 
upon which we may obtain salvation. "The 
word is nigh, even in thy mouth and in thy 
heart." Just believe it. Believing is agreeing. 
One reason why it is so hard for some to obtain 
salvation, is they have so many opinions of 
their own. They must abandon all their opin- 
ions and just take God's opinions as revealed in 
His Word. 

2 Cor. 4: 6. For God, who commanded the light to 
shine out of darkness, hath si lined in our hearts, to 
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 

The figure used here is very expressive. In 
the account of the creation in the first chapter 
of Genesis, after stating that " darkness was 
upon the face of the deep/' a fit emblem of the 
natural heart, it proceeds in these incomparably 
terse and expressive words : " And God said, 
Let there be light, and there was light." This, 
St. Paul says, is the symbol of a sinner's con- 
version. That same God who commanded, and 
light suddenly sprang out of the darkness? 
speaks and light shines in our heretofore dark 
hearts. The result is, knowledge of God re- 
vealed to us in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus 



THE RENEWED HEART. 49 

manifests forth the glory of the Father so that 
"he that sees Jesus hath seen the Father." 

Gal. 4: 4. But when the fulness of the time was 
come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, 
made under the law, 

5. To redeem them that were under the law, that 
we might receive the adoption of sons. 

(3. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba 
Father. 

The word "adoption " describes the state of 
those whom God through Christ adopts as His 
sons, and thus makes heirs of His promised sal- 
vation. Thus Christians are called sons of 
God. They are made so by the regenerating 
power of the Holy Spirit. By the same Spirit 
they are assured of their relation to God. 
"The Spirit is sent forth into their heart crying, 
Abba Father/' which is the same as " The 
Spirit itself beareth witness w r ith our spirit 
that we are the children of God." 

Col. 1 : 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance 
of the saints in light: 

13. Who hath delivered us from the power of dark- 
ness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his 
dear Son : 

14. In whom we have redemption through his 
blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 



50 THE HUMAN HEART. 

15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the first- 
born of every creature. 

1. The foundation of our glorious privileges 
in the gospel is the blood of " Him who is the 
image of the invisible God, the firstborn of 
every creature." How plainly that is set forth 
in the first chapter of the Revelation : " And 
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, 
and the first-begotten of the dead, and the 
prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him 
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood. And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father; to him be 
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." 
In heaven they sing the "song of Moses and 
the Lamb." " The blood of the Lamb " is the 
ground or price of our redemption. Let us 
never lose sight of this great truth. 

2. We are "delivered from the power of 
darkness." Jesus is the power of God, the 
power of holiness, the power of light. "In 
Him is no darkness at all." On the contrary, 
Satan is the power of hell, of error, of sin, of 
darkness. To be " delivered from the power of 
darkness," is to be delivered from the dominion 
or reign of Satan and of sin. 

3. " Hath translated us into the kingdom of 



THE RENEWED HEART. 51 

His dear Son." "Translated-" is a strong and 
blessed word. Enoch was translated, that is, 
transferred from earth to heaven. So we, when 
we are converted, are transferred from a place 
of darkness to a place of light. We are trans- 
formed by the renewing of our minds, so that 
we no longer bear the image of the "earthly, 
sensual, devilish," but we bear the moral image 
of the heavenly, " delivered " and " translated." 
" It is good to be here," said Peter, when the 
Lord was translated. So say all who have been 
translated into this blessed kingdom of " right- 
eousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost." 
"Hath translated us." We are in that king- 
dom as soon as we are " renewed in the spirit of 
our minds." The reign is broken and the reign 
of Christ begins. 

4. " Meet to be partakers of the inheritance 
of the saints in light."' If we are truly con- 
verted and follow on from that point to know 
the Lord, and do not backslide and return to 
the weak and beggarly elements of the world, 
heaven is sure. And what an inheritance ! 

5. Giving thanks, etc. 

Gal. 6 : 15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision 
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new 
creature. 



52 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Or " a new heart." This text strikes a heavy 
blow at forms and ordinances as a substitute for 
vital heart piety, Baptism occupies, we may 
say, the same place in the Christian system that 
circumcision did in the Mosaic system. But 
though living under the Christian dispensation, 
and though baptism is a Christian ordinance, it 
will never do to substitute this ordinance for 
the new birth. The water is but the symbol 
of the Spirit. When Jesus says. "Except a 
man be born of water and of the Spirit he can- 
not enter into the kingdom of God/ ? the signifi- 
cance of the language is in the juxtaposition of 
the symbol and the thing symbolized. We 
shall find the same relation between the Holy 
Ghost and fire in the next chapter. Water is 
the symbol of the Spirit in His regenerating 
work. Fire is the symbol of the Spirit in His 
sanctifying work. Multitudes get the symbol 
(water) who never get the Spirit's work in re- 
generation. What we must be sure of is that 
w^e are u new creatures." This is the key to 
heaven. 

Col. 3: 10. And have put on the new man, which is 
renewed in knowledge after the image of him that 
created him. 

The word "man" is not in the original. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 53 

" The new man ; ' corresponds to " the new 
heart." Man was created in God's image, and 
when he is converted he is restored to his lost 
estate. The image of God is brought back. 

2 Peter 1 : 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding 
great and precious promises; that by these ye might 
he partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the 
corruption that is in the world through lust. 

How simple the gospel method is. We have, 

1. Escape from worldly k corruption on ac- 
count of evil desire. 

2. We become partakers of the divine nature 
by the operation of the Holy Ghost in the new 
birth. We are u born from above/' "born of 
God." 

3. By simple faith in the exceeding great and 
precious promises. Because a thing is simple 
we are not to conclude that it is therefore small. 
Faith is a simple thing, but it is yet a mighty 
thing. By it we are linked on to the power of 
God by which we are changed from nature to 
grace. 

1 John 3: •"). And ye know that he was manifested 
to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 

6. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoso- 
ever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him 

7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that 



54 THE HUMAN HEART. 

cloeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is 
righteous. 

8. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the 
devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose 
the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy 
the works of the devil. 

9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; 
for his seed remaineth in him : and he cannot sin be- 
cause he is born of God. 

10. In this the children of God are manifest, and 
the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not right- 
eousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. 

1. He was manifested to take away our 
sins. 

2. Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not. 

3. Whosoever sinneth hath not seen him 
neither known him. 

4. He that doeth righteousness is righteous 
even as he is righteous. 

5. He that committeth sin is of the devil. 

6. Christ was manifested to destroy the works 
of the devil. 

7. Whosoever is born of God doth not com- 
mit sin. 

8. His seed (the Word) remaineth in him and 
he cannot sin. 

9. The children of God are manifest by right- 
eousness. 



THE RENEWED HEART. 55 

10. The children of the devil are manifest by 
committing sin and loving not their neigh- 
bors. 

The sixth verse is one that we especially need 
to lay to heart. " Whosoever sinneth," as many 
professed Christians admit they do in thought, 
word and deed, "hath not seen Him neither 
known Him." Instead of its being a sign of 
humility to confess that yon are sinners, it is a 
sure sign that yon do not know anything about 
Jesus Christ and his salvation. There are mul- 
titudes of church-members who are taught that 
they must make these doleful confessions daily. 
If they would read the Bible for themselves, 
they would see that God's plan is to save them 
from sinning and from sin. 



CHAPTER III. 

THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 

Every true Christian has a renewed heart, 
and a renewed heart is sanctified in part, is par- 
tially pure. But a heart which is entirely 
sanctified, is entirely pure, clean and holy. 
Every child of God is a saint or holy person, 
but every child of God is not entirely pure 
or holy. ISTotice the following distinctions : 

Every converted (or regenerated), person is 
holy, but the holiness in him is opposed by re- 
maining depravity. 

2 Cor. 7 : 1. Having therefore these promises, dearly 
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of 
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of 
God. 

Every converted person has the Spirit, but 
only the entirely sanctified have the fulness of 
the Spirit. 



58 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Acts 2 : 4. And they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance. 

Every Christian is sanctified, but every Chris- 
tian is not wholly sanctified. 

1 Thess. 5 : 23. And the very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly ; and I pray Gxl your whole spirit and soul 
and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

24. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will 
do it. 

Every Christian is cleansed, but every Chris- 
tian is not wholly cleansed ; that is, he may be 
cleansed as to his actual sins, and yet not be 
cleansed as to his original depravity. 

James 4 : 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh 
to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify 
your hearts, ye doubleminded. 

A man may have on the armor of God and 
yet not have on the whole armor. 

Eph. 6: 11. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye 
may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

A man may have the life of God in his soul 
and yet not the abundance or fulness of life. 

John 10: 10. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, 
and to kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might 
have life, and that they might have it more abun- 
dantly. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 59 

There may be love in a heart not entirely 
pure, but the end of the commandment is love 
out of a pure heart. 

1. Tim. 1 ; 5. Now the end of the commandment is 
charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned. 

A soul may be alive from the dead, but not 
spiritually well. Inbred sin is in the nature of 
disease and induces weakness, and relapse into 
a state of death. 

Jer. 6 : 14. They have healed also the hurt of the 
daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace ; 
when there is no peace. 

Jer. 8 : 22. Is there no balm in Gilead ? is there no 
physician there ? why then is not the health of the 
daughter of my people recovered ? 

There may be a degree of patience in a be- 
lieving soul, but only those -who "let patience 
have her perfect work/' are " perfect and entire, 
wanting no thing.' ' 

.Tames 1 : 4. But let patience have her perfect work, 
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

All Christians have faith, but all do not have 
a faith that excludes unbelief. 

1 Thess. 3 : 10. Xight and day praying exceedingly 
that we might see your face, and might perfect that 
which is lacking in your faith. 



60 THE HUMAN HEART. 

All Christians have love, but "he that feareth 
is not made perfect in love." 

1 John 4: 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that 
we may have boldness in the clay of judgment ; because 
as he is, so are we in this world. 

18. There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth 
out fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth is 
not made perfect in love. 

Hope vs. the full assurance of hope. 

Heb. G: 11. And we desire that every one of you do 
shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope 
unto the end. 

Peace vs. perfect peace. 

Phil. 4 : 7. And the peace of God, which passeth all 
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds 
through Christ Jesus. 

Joy vs. fulness of joy. 

John 16 : 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my 
name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be 

full. 

The will of God vs. " that ye may stand per- 
fect and complete in all the will of God." 

Col. 4 : 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of 
Christ, salute tk you, always laboring fervently for you 
in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in 
all the will of God. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 61 

A new birth vs. a circumcised heart. 

John 3 3. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he 
cannot see the kingdom of God. 

Dent. 00 : 0. And the Lord thy God will circumcise 
thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord 
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that 
thou may est live. 

Doing right vs. doing right with a perfect 
heart. 

2 Chron. 25 : 2. And he did that which was right in 
the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. 

Longsuffering vs. all longsuffering. 

1 Tim. 1 : 1(3. Howbeit for this cause I obtained 
mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all 
longsuffering, for a pattern to them w T hich should here- 
after believe on him to life everlasting. 

Goodness vs. full of goodness. 

Rom. 15: 14. And I myself also am persuaded of* 
you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, 
filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one an- 
other. 

Temperance vs. abstinence. 

Eph. 5 : 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is 
excess ; but be filled with the Spirit. 

Deut. 6 : 4. Hear, Israel : The Lord our God is one 
Lord : 



62 THE HUMviJV HEART. 

5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 

6. And these words, which I command thee this day, 
shall be in thine heart : 

7. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy chil- 
dren, and shalt talk of them while thou sittest in thine 
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

Perfect love was God's command upon his 
chosen people Israel. Perfect love is God's de- 
mand on all his intelligent creatures, in heaven 
and in earth. 

1. The measure of our duty is love. 

2. The measure of love is perfection. 

3. The measure of perfection is our capacity 
supplemented by God's power. "With all 
thy heart." "I will circumcise thy heart to 
love." 

This love was to be taught the children. It 
was not for adults alone, nor for a special class, 
but it was universal, all-comprehensive. 

Deut. 10 : 12. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord 
thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to 
walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 

13. To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his 
statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good ? 

14. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is 
the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein 
is. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 63 

15. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love 
them, and he chose their seed after them, even you 
above all people, as it is this day. 

16. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff necked. 

The law of perfect love is reiterated with 
emphasis, and the circumcision alluded to above 
is formally required. Circumcision will be 
found to be a symbol of entire sanctification. 
The child was born before it was circumcised. 
Circumcision was the removal of the hindrances 
in the heart to perfect love. St. Paul tells the 
Romans that true " circumcision is that of the 
heart, in the Spirit and not in the letter/' 

Deut. .30 • 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise 
thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord 
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that 
thou may est live. 

This text states the whole truth formally and 
unequivocally. 

1. God demands perfect love. 

2. He will regulate the heart so that rjerfect 
love will be natural to it. 

3. This circumcision is therefore the entire 
removal of that natural bias to sin and rebellion 
which we inherit from Adam. This is entire 
sanctification. 



64 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Deut. 30: 11. For this commandment which I com- 
mand thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is 
it far off. 

12. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who 
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that 
we may hear it, and do it ? 

13. Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest 
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto 
us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 

14. But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 

St. Paul, m Romans 10, quotes this text and 
gives its true spiritual import. The process of 
cleansing the heart is the faith process. " The 
word of faith which we preach/' says St. Paul, 
"is nigh thee, in thy heart and in thy mouth." 
Heart faith and mouth confession will always 
bring the blessing of heart purity. 

1 Kings 8 : 01. Let your heart therefore be perfect 
with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to 
keep his commandments, as at this day. 

Heart perfection or perfect love was the 
standard set up for all God's ancient people. 
By this they were measured, and accepted or 
rejected. He requires nothing more. He will 
accept nothing less. 

1 Kings 15: 1. Now in the eighteenth year of king 
Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over 
Judah. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 65 

2. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abisha 
lorn. 

3. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which 
he had done before him : and his heart was not perfect 
with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his 
father. 

4. Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God 
give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after 
him, and to establish Jerusalem : 

5. Because David did that which was right in the eyes 
of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that 
he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in 
the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 

Abijam, king of Judah, did not have a heart 
perfect with the Lord his God. David's heart 
was perfect^ save in the matter of Uriah, all the 
days of his life. God blessed Abijam for 
David's sake, showing what immense influence 
a man has with God whose heart is perfect in 
his sight. 

1 Chron. 12 : 38. All these men of war, that could 
keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to 
make David king over all Israel : and all the rest also 
of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 

These men w r anted David for king and they 
wanted nobody else. Their hearts were a unit 
in this matter. Thus may our hearts be with 



66 THE HUMAN HEART. 

the Lord our God. We can get our hearts so 
cleansed that we can fully adopt the language 
of David when he says, "Whom have I in 
heaven but thee, and there is none upon earth 
that I desire beside thee. 77 Before our hearts 
are fully cleansed they are liable to be some- 
what divided. But when the remains of inbred 
sin are expelled they become a unit for God. 

2 Chron. 15 : 17. But the high places were not taken 
away out of Israel : nevertheless the heart of Asa was 
perfect all his days. 

2 Kings 20 : 3. I beseech thee, Lord, remember now 
how I have walked before thee in truth and with a per- 
fect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. 
And Hezekiah wept sore. 

2 Chron. 25: 1. Amaziah was twenty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and 
nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 

2. And he did that which was right in the sight of the 
Lord, but not with a perfect heart. 

Here are three kings. Asa's heart was per- 
fect all his days. Hezekiah walked before God 
in truth and with a perfect heart. These two 
men represent and illustrate the pure in heart. 
Amaziah is a different sort of a man. He did 
that which was right in the sight of the Lord, 
but not with a perfect heart. He represents 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 67 

and symbolizes the Christian who is not fully 
sanctified. He serves God, but not wholly. 

Ps. 10 : 2. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect 
way. when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk 
within my house with a perfect heart. 

David, Hezekiah and many others make an 
open profession of perfection. If they had 
lived in our day, they would have received many 
a caution about the danger of making " high 
professions." David's house was a good place 
to test the state of his heart. A man who can 
walk perfectly in his own home, is one whom it 
is safe to trust. 

Ps. 19 : 12. Who can understand his errors ? cleanse 
thou me from secret faults. 

13. Keep hack thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then shall I 
be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great trans- 
gression. 

14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of 
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, Lord, my 
strength, and my redeemer. 

The Psalmist prays for heart purity. He 
desires to be saved from : 

1. Secret faults, faults of the heart. 

2. Presumptuous sins, wilful sins. 

3. And the great transgression, unforgivable 
sin. 



68 THE HUMAN HEART. 

4. Sins of the mouth. 

5. And sins of thought. 

This is a comprehensive catalogue. Would 
to God all Christians were as free from sin as 
the Psalmist desired to be. And was not his 
prayer answered ? His character proves that it 
was. 

Ps. 24 : 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the 
Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place ? 

4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; who 
hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de- 
ceitfully. 

Ps. 79 : 1. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such 
as are of a clean heart. 

Who will reach heaven at last ? Who enter 
into close, intimate fellowship and communion 
with God on earth ? Who shall have constant 
access into the holy of holies ? " He that hath 
clean hands" does not commit sin. "And a 
pure heart " has been cleansed from all inherited 
depravity. "Who hath not lifted up his soul 
unto vanity." Vanity is a common exhibition 
of inbred sin. "Nor sworn deceitfully." He 
"swears to his own hurt and changes not." A 
man free from vanity and who will tell the truth 
every time, he is fit for heaven. Sudd-en death 
to him would be sudden glory. Truly " God is 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 69 

good to such as are of a clean heart." There is 
every evidence that they are favorites of the 
Almighty. Alas ! how few there are in com- 
parison to the whole number of professing 
Christians. 

Ps. 51 : 5. Behold, I was- shapen in iniquity, and in 
sin did my mother conceive me. 

6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts ; 
and in the hidden parts thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 

7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean ■ wash 
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

8. Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones 
which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

9. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. 

10. Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a 
right spirit within -me. 

Notice here : 

1. The doctrine of inherited depravity (verse 
5). 

2. God's demand of heart purity (verse 6). 

3. Prayer for inward purity (verses 7-10). 

4. In the ninth verse there is prayer for par- 
don for actual sins. 

5. The work of purifying the heart is a 
divine work. God must create it. 

6. The renewal of a " right spirit/' means a 



70 THE HUMAN HEART. 

"constant spirit." Make me clean and keep 
me clean. 

Ps. 103: 1. Bless the Lord, my soul: and all that 
is within me, bless his holy name. 

No one can fulfil the terms of this text with 
inbred sin still remaining in his soul. Inbred 
sin is unruly and untamable. It will some- 
times behave pretty well, when it is humored 
and coaxed, but it cannot be relied on to praise 
God. It will be sure to be out of humor just 
at the moment when it is called upon to bless 
the Lord. Only a pure heart can be relied on 
to praise God, because only a pure heart is a 
unit for God. All the powers of a sanctified 
soul are attuned to God's praise. 

Ps. 119 : 32. I will run the way of thy command- 
ments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

Running in the way of God's commandments 
implies not only great activity, but wonderful 
spontaneity and enthusiasm. These qualities 
do not come to a man till his heart has been not 
only changed, but " enlarged." When one has 
experienced full salvation, he then can appre- 
ciate the meaning of this text. 

Ps. 139 : 23. Search me, God, and* know my heart : 
try me, and know my thoughts : 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 71 

24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 
lead me in the way everlasting. 

A very profitable prayer for all of us to fre- 
quently offer. We must " keep our hearts with 
all diligence." It is easy for Satan to drop a 
seed thought of evil into even a pure heart. 
And how quickly he can raise a crop if we do 
not watch ! Eve is an example of this. God 
gave her the truth, but instead of believing it 
and fashioning her thoughts and conduct by it, 
she substituted Satan's falsehood, and how 
quickly she fell into sin and pain, dragging her 
whole posterity with her. 

Isa. 6 : 5. Then said I, Woe is me ! for I am undone 
because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the 
midst of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have 
seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 

6. Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a 
live coal in his hand, ivhich he had taken with the tongs 
from off the altar : 

7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this 
hath touched thy lips : and thine iniquity is taken away, 
and thy sin purged. 

8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom 
shall I send, and who will go for us ? Then said I, 
Here am I ; send me. 

This passage teaches unequivocally the second 
work of entire heart cleansing. 



72 THE HUMAN HEART. 

1. Isaiah was favored with a view of the holi- 
ness of "the Lord of hosts/' and of the angelic 
beings which form his escort. The whole place 
and atmosphere appeared to be filled with the 
spirit of holiness. 

2. Isaiah was convicted, not of guilt, but of 
uncleanness. The presentation of holiness in 
word and example showed him that his own 
heart was unclean. The lips here are symboli- 
cal. " Out of the abundance of the heart the 
mouth speaketh." Psalms 5 : 9, explains this 
particular point : " For there is no faithfulness 
in their mouth ; their inward part is very wick- 
edness ; their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
they flatter with their tongue/' 

3. Confessing his uncleanness, one of the ser- 
aphim was sent to touch his lips with a live 
coal from the altar. Purifying by fire is a sym- 
bol in the whole Bible of entire sanctification. 
" Thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin is 
purged." 

4. His readiness to go anywhere for the Lord 
was a sure token that the work was done. Only 
entirely sanctified people can be relied on to 
respond quickly to calls for difficult tasks in the 
Lord's vineyard. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 73 

Jer. 4 : 3. For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah 
and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow 
not among thorns. 

4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away 
the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and in- 
habitants of Jerusalem ; let my fury come forth like 
fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the 
evil of your doings. 

Fallow ground is unused ground. The aver- 
age Christian's heart is fallow ground. "Break 
up your fallow ground." Plow it, and pulverize 
and soften the soil. " Sow not among thorns." 
Thorns symbolize inbred sin. Study the para- 
ble of the sower, Matt. 13. Don't try to raise a 
crop in a heart full of the thorns of inbred sin. 
Eradicate them. The good ground of the heart 
is ground that has been freed from thorns of 
inbred sin. 

Circumcision we have already explained. It 
is always a symbol of heart cleansing. 

Ezek. 36: 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon 
you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, 
and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 

26. A new heart also w T ill I give you, and a new 
spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the 
stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an 
heart of flesh. 

27. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause 
you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my 
judgments and do them. 



74 THE HUMAN HEART. 

" A new heart" generally stands for the new 
birth, but cleansing from filthiness is the proper 
symbol for entire sanctifi cation. The twenty- 
seventh verse also suggests the second work. 
So that the whole passage may be taken to 
represent the whole work of grace, including 
pardon, regeneration, heart cleansing and per- 
fect obedience to God's law through the indwell- 
ing of the Holy Ghost. 

Zech. 13 : 1. In that day there shall be a fountain 
opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. 

Sin and uncleanness are not intended to mean 
exactly the same thing, for the Bible does not 
speak tautologically. Sin probably stands for 
actual sin, and uncleanness for original sin. 
The fountain of Jesus' blood cleanses both. 
First the actual ; second, the original or inher- 
ited sin or depravity. 

Matt. 3 : 11. I indeed baptize you with water unto re- 
pentance : but he that cometh after me is mightier than 
I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : he shall bap- 
tize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire • 

12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly 
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner : 
but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 75 

John baptized with water unto repentance. 
In Mark 1 : 4, it says that " Jesus did baptize 
in the wilderness and preach the baptism for the 
(or unto) remission of sins/ 7 from which it 
appears, as we have before stated, that water 
baptism is in the Bible used as a symbol of the 
new birth or the washing away of sins or actual 
transgressions. Jesus did not baptize with 
water, though his disciples did. Jesus baptized 
with fire, or as John foretold in the passage 
before us, " He shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost and with fire." As water was the sym- 
bol of the Spirit in regeneration, so fire is the 
symbol of the Spirit in entire sanctification. 
Jesus' baptism was fire baptism. It symbolized 
the deeper work of the removal of innate de- 
pravity. Water is a cleanser, but fire is a more 
powerful agent for purifying. Water washes 
off our sins ; fire burns out inherited depravity. 

Matt. 5 : 8. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they 
shall see God. 

Here is our Lord's testimony to heart purity 
in the Sermon on the Mount. The " pure in 
heart" represent a distinct class of believers. 
They are not simply regenerated believers ; 
they are those whose hearts have been so puri- 



76 THE HUMAN HEART, 

fled that nothing but pure streams flow out of 
them. There are times when any ordinary be- 
liever behaves as well as the pure in heart, but 
the pure in heart are uniformly and constantly 
exhibiting the fruits of purity. They are 
"blessed/' a word expressing a deeper meaning 
that can be expressed by the word " happy." 
"Blessed" conveys the idea of deepness, genu- 
ineness, stability, sweetness, undisturbedness. 
" They shall see God," that is, they shall see the 
God-man when he comes to make up his jewels, 
and they shall dwell in his presence and enjoy 
his blessed sway forever. But to see God, 
means something blessed here and now. They 
see God in daily life and happenings. They 
recognize his hand in every event and are con- 
scious of his care and guidance. 

Matt. 5: 43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. 

44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute 
you; 

45. That ye may be the children of your Father which 
is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on 
the unjust. 

46. For if ye love them which love you, what reward 
have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 77 

47. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye 
more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? 

48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which 
is in heaven is perfect. 

Christian perfection is nothing less, nothing 
more than perfect love. There is no other re- 
spect in which we can be perfect as God is 
perfect. And the context confines the whole 
discussion to love. Perfect love : 

1. Expels hate. 

2. Enables us to love our enemies. 

3. To do them good, bless them and pray for 
them. 

4. All God's children do this when they be- 
come like their Father. 

Perfect love enables us to make our sun to 
rise on the evil and on the good, and to send 
rain on the just and the unjust. Love that is 
not made perfect would sometimes skip those 
whom we esteem evil. Perfect love " bears all 
things," and "never fails." Partial love loves 
those who love us and salutes only those who 
belong to our church. 

Matt, 22 : 35. Then one of them, which ivas a lawyer, 
asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 

36. Master, which is the great commandment in the 
law? 



78 THE HUMAN HEART. 

37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy mind. 

38. This is the first and great commandment. 

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 

40. On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

The law of perfect love is here stated by 
Jesus himself. It is perfect love to God and 
equal love to our neighbor, that is, equal to the 
love we bestow upon ourselves. " On these two 
commandments hang all the law and the proph- 
ets." There is nothing beyond this. The Old 
Testament saints were enabled to fulfil this law 
as we have seen; how much more we who. " are 
come to Mount Zion, and unto the city of the 
living God/' and to Jesus and the sprinkled 
blood ! 

Luke 8 : 15. But that on the good ground are they, 
which in an honest and good heart, having heard the 
word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

The parable of the sower is suggestive. 
There were four kinds of hearers. 

1. The wayside — indifferent, hardened. 

2. The stony ground — superficial, vacillat- 
ing. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART 79 

3. The thorny ground — hearts full of inbred 
sin. 

4. The good ground — hearts .purified and 
cleansed so that the crop takes all the virtue of 
the soil. 

John 7 : 37. In the last day, that great day of the 
feast, Jesns stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, 
let him come nnto me, and drink. 

38. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath 
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water 

39. ( But this he spake of the Spirit, which they 
that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost 
was not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet glo- 
rified.) 

A clear reference to the Pentecost. Believers 
were to receive Him, and the prophecy of Joel 
was fulfilled on that great day, when they were 
" all filled with the Holy Ghost/' as recorded in 
Acts 2. "Out of his inward parts shall flow 
rivers of living waters." No Christian experi- 
ence can correspond to this, except that of the 
entirely sanctified. And in this there is a per- 
fect correspondence. The issues of life flowing 
from an entirely sanctified man are like rivers 
of living waters. When we are converted we 
get the well ; but when we get entirely sancti- 
fied, rivers flow out of that supreme fulness 
which fills our hearts. 



80 THE HUMAN HEART. 

Acts 2:4. And they were all filled with the Holy- 
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance. 

A whole volume might be written on the rela- 
tion of Pentecost to the work of entire sanctifi- 
cation. The apostles were converted before, 
but they w T ere sanctified after. The all absorb- 
ing theme after the Pentecost, and the oft 
repeated question to the disciples was, "Have 
ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? " 
(Acts 19 : 2.) St. Paul himself was converted 
one day on his way to Damascus, at the very 
moment that he cried, " Lord, what wilt thou 
have me to do ? " Three days later Ananias 
put his hand upon him and he received his sight 
and was filled with the Holy Ghost, exactly as 
they were at Pentecost (Acts 9 : 17). 

Acts 15: 8. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare 
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he 
did unto us ; 

9. And put no difference between us and them, puri- 
fying their hearts by faith. 

1. The people referred to are the Gentile con- 
verts, 

2. They were treated just like the Jewish 
converts. 

3. Their hearts were purified by faith. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 81 

4. When ? When they received the gift of 
the Holy Ghost. 

5. The Jews received it, namely, the disci- 
ples, "we" at the outpouring on the day of 
Pentecost. The Gentiles got it later, but they 
got it in the same way, by the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

6. Both Jews and Gentiles were disciples, 
converts, believers, before this heart-cleansing 
power was bestowed. 

7. Who testifies that these two classes had 
received heart purity by the gift of the Holy 
Ghost ? " God, which knoweth the hearts, bare 
them witness." God, by the Holy Ghost, puri- 
fies and bears witness to the work. 

Rom. 2: 29. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly, 
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and 
not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of 
God. 

Circumcision, as we have before shown, sym- 
bolizes the cleansing of the heart after conver- 
sion. The text before us in every word breathes 
a deep spirituality, something beyond the aver- 
age Christian life of the justified believer. No 
mere observer of ordinances ; no one who chal- 
lenges the admiration and favorable judgment of 



82 THE HUMAN HEART. 

men is described. Here is a man whom God, 
that sees the heart, approves. A holy man, one 
who possesses truth in the inward parts, purged 
and cleansed. 

1 Cor. 3 : 1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto 
you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto 
babes in Christ. 

2. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for 
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are 
ye able. 

3. For ye a<re yet carnal: for whereas there is among 
you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, 
and walk as men ? 

4. For while one saith, I am of Paul ; and another, I 
am of Apollo> ; are ye not carnal ? 

This text shows the working of carnality in 
the hearts of bslievers. 

1. ' t keeps them in a childhood experience. 

2. It induces poor spiritual digestion. 

3. It excites envying, strife and divisions. 

4. It leads Christian brethren to " walk as 
men," that is, as men of the world, and not in 
all things as followers of the meek and lowly 
Jesus. 

2 Cor. 1 : 20 For all the promises of God in him are 
yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 

21. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, 
and hath anointed us, f ts God: 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 83 

22. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of 
the Spirit in our hearts. 

Four tilings are plainly revealed in this 
text: 

1. Establishment in Christ. This of itself is 
something more than conversion. 

2. Anointing from God. Oil, with which 
anointing of prophets, kings and priests was 
performed, is an emblem of the Holy Spirit. 
Unconverted sinners are never anointed. After 
conversion believers are privileged to be 
anointed with the Holy Ghost. They " have an 
unction from the Holy One, by which they 
know all things." It is a part of that second 
work of the Holy Spirit by which they are 
cleansed from all sin ? and anointed with a 
spiritual unction, to the end they may plainly 
know God, and joyfully and successfully prose- 
cute the work of salvation to which they are 
called. 

3. Sealed. This is another of those spiritual 
processes that belong to the higher life. Seal- 
ing was "with that Holy Spirit of promise." 
The sealing was "unto the day of redemption." 
It confirms us in our ownership of that eternal 
life promised us in the gospel. 



84 THE HUMAN HEART. 

4. The earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 
A similar idea to the one preceding. An ear- 
nest is a pledge to be surrendered when the 
thing promised is delivered up — or it is a part 
of the thing promised paid down as a pledge 
that the balance will be forthcoming in due 
time. A seal may be broken and an earnest 
may be surrendered. 

Eph. 3: 16. That he would grant you, according to the 
riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his 
Spirit in the inner man ; 

17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; 
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 

18. May be able to comprehend with all saints what is 
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; 

19. And to know the love of Christ, which passeth 
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness 
of God. 

20. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abun- 
dantly above all that we ask or think, according to the 
power that worketh in us, 

21. Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus 
throughout all ages, world without end, Ainen. 

1. The inner man strengthened with might 
by His Spirit ; a glorious full salvation process. 

2. Christ dwelling in the heart by faith. 
Emphasize the word " divell" The indwelling 
Christ is a full salvation idea. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 85 

3. Rooted (like a tree) and grounded (like a 
building) in love : another exclusively full sal- 
vation thought. 

4. " Comprehending with all saints/ 7 even those 
who have entered the highest spiritual attain- 
ments, " the breadth, length, depth and height,'' 
and to know the love of Christ which passeth 
knowledge. To know what passeth knowledge 
is a full salvation paradox. Xo one can com- 
prehend the thought except him who " compre- 
hends with all saints the breadth, length, depth 
and height " of the fathomless extent of per- 
fect love. 

5. "Filled with all the fulness of God. 7 ' 
Like a vessel in the sea. It is in the sea and 
the sea is in it. It is filled with all the fulness 
of it. It would take in more if it had greater 
capacity-. 

6. Glory to God who can do exceedingly abun- 
dantly above. 

Phil. 4 : 6. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing 
by prayer and supination with thanksgiving let your 
requests be made known unto God. 

7. And the peace of God, which passeth all under- 
standing, shall keep your hearts and minds through 
Jesus Christ. 

1. Full salvation delivers us from anxiety. 



86 THE HUMAN HEART. 

2. Everything in our lives is opened out be- 
fore God by prayer and supplication with 
thanksgiving. There is no perfect prayer with- 
out these three things. 

3. The peace of God which passeth all under- 
standing shall keep the inner life. Emphasize 
every word in this text if you want to get the 
sweetness out of it. 

1 Thess. 3 : 12. And the Lord make you to increase 
and abound in love one toward another, and toward all 
men, even as we do toward you : 

13. To the end he may stablish your hearts unblam- 
able in holiness before God, even our Father, at the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 

Entire sanctification makes possible and prac- 
tical and certain, increasing and abounding love 
towards the brethren and to all men. No other 
type of religious experience will do this for us. 
The end in view is establishment of heart in 
unblamable holiness, not before men ; they will 
never cease to blame us ; but before God, who 
knows what holy motive is. Holiness has to do 
especially with holy motive. 

1 Thess. 5 : 16. Rejoice evermore. 

17. Pray without ceasing. 

18. In every thing give thanks : for this is the will of 
God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 87 

19. Quench not the Spirit. 

20. Despise not prophesyings. 

21. Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good. 

22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; 
and I j) ray God your whole spirit and soul and body be 
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

21. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will 
do it 

From the 16th to the 22d verses, St. Paul 
requires us to do things that we cannot do with- 
out the experience of verse 23. Our whole 
tripartite being is to be entirely sanctified, and 
we are to be preserved blameless unto the com- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ. This certainly 
proves that the work of entire sanctification is 
to be wrought in this life, and that the practical 
life that holiness enjoins, is to be lived in this 
world. 

1 Tim. 1:5. Xow the end of the commandment is 
charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned. 

The end of the commandment is the object 
in view. Xo man has come -up to God's ideal of 
Christian character till he obtains perfect love. 
There is much growth, development and disci- 
pline after that, in this world and the next, but 



88 THE HUMAN HEART. 

when we have arrived at a place in our experi- 
ence where love flows out of a pure heart, we 
have fulfilled the law, or rather are fulfilling 
the law, for "love is the fulfilling of the 
law." 

A good conscience is the same as " a heart 
sprinkled from an evil conscience," or an " un- 
dented conscience," a " good conscience/ 1 

" Faith unfeigned " is an honest, sincere, pure 
faith, unmixed with doubt. 

2 Tim. 2 : 22. Flee also youthful lusts . but follow 
righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call 
on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Here we have St. Paul exhorting Timothy to 
associate with holiness people. Those who have 
experienced the blessing of heart purity will 
appreciate St. Paul's advice. A man who shuns 
holiness meetings and holiness associates, there- 
by gives himself quite away. 

Heb. 10 : 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to 
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, which he hath conse- 
crated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh ; 

21. And having a high priest over the house of God ; 

22. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an 
evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 89 

23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith 
without wavering ; for he is faithful that promised; 

24. And let us consider one another to provoke 
unto love and to good works : 

25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to- 
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one 
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day 
approaching. 

1. Boldness or liberty to enter the Holy of 
Holies, symbolical of entire sanetification. 

2. Through, the priesthood and sacrifice of 
Christ. By His blood. 

3. " Let us draw near," etc. 

4. "Let us hold fast/' etc. 

5. " Let us consider one another/' etc. 

This is a thorough setting forth of the doc- 
trine of holiness, not only in general, but in 
minute terms. 

James 1 : 12. Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the 
crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them 
that love him. 

13. Let no man say when he is temnted, I am 
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with 
evil, neither tempteth he any man: 

14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn 
away of his own lust, and enticed. 

15. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth 
forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth 
death. 



90 THE HUMAN HEART. 

The philosophy of temptation is here pre- 
sented. It comes through desire. The record 
says of Eve : " And when the woman saw that 
the tree was good for food, and that it was 
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to 
make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, 
and did eat ; and gave also to her husband with 
her, and he did eat." 

The desire for what was good was normal and 
pure in Eve before the fall. But she had lis- 
tened to Satan and allowed her desire to go out 
towards an object forbidden by God. Here was 
sin. Her soul became corrupted and her desire 
became lust. Fallen beings are subjected to 
temptation through appeals to unholy desire or 
lust. This lust is evil, but so long as it is con- 
trolled by the will, actual sin cannot take place. 
Lust cannot " conceive " without the consent of 
the will. When a soul is entirely sanctified, 
the lustful or evil quality is taken out of desire, 
and the desire becomes pure. Then the will, 
and the desire back of the will, become harmo- 
nious in the service of God. A pure soul may 
still be tempted as Eve was, and as Jesus was, 
by appeals to desire, and by suggestions of 
wrong methods to gratify normal desires. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 91 

James 4: S. Draw nigh to God, and lie will draw 
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and 
purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. 

Two works — two blessings are here clearly 
taught. 

1. " Cleanse your hands, ye sinners." Hands 
symbolize doings. Sins committed. Cleansing 
hands is equivalent to repentance and pardon or 
conversion. 

2. "Purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. " 
Converted Christians, till they are sanctified 
wholly, are doubleminded. The flesh and the 
spirit strive one against the other. Love is 
opposed by more or less of the remains of car- 
nal hate. Peace is disturbed by unrest. The 
mind is not a unit with God, though its prevail- 
ing choice and bias are that way. Therefore, 
"purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. " Here 
we have the " second blessing." 

1 Peter 1 : 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in 
obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned 
love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with 
a pure heart fervently. 

1. The soul purified. 

2. By obeying the truth through the Spirit. 

3. Result : unfeigned or pure love to the 
brethren. 



92 THE HUMAN HEART. 

4. Be careful that the heart is kept pure, and 
that no mixture of selfishness or lust creeps in 
to poison this pure fountain of love. 

1 Peter 3 : 3. Whose adorning, let it not be that 
outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wear- 
ing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 

4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that 
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek 
and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great 
price. 

5. For after this manner in the old time the holy 
women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, 
being in subjection unto their own husbands. 

15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and 
be ready always to give an answer to every man that 
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with 
meekness and fear. 

1. Abstain from outward adornment. Three 
specifications : (1) plaiting the hair, (2) wearing 
gold, (3) putting on apparel for the mere sake 
of adornment. 

2. Adorn u the hidden man of the heart'' 
with incorruptible adornment. The meek and 
quiet spirit, like Jesus, priceless in God's 
sight. 

3. Holy women of old lived this way. 

4. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. 

5. With meekness and fear testify always to 
every one of the hope in you. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 93 

6. By being holy in heart you will be always 
ready. 

1 John 1 : 5. This then is the message which you 
have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is 
light, and in him is no darkness at all. 

6. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and 
walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 

7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood 
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 

9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us oiw sins, and to cleanse us from all unright- 
eousness. 

10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make 
him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

1. God is light and in Him is no darkness at 
all. This is the starting point. God is morally 
transparent ; He casts no moral shadow. 

2. The second point is, that in order to fellow- 
ship with Him on earth and entrance into the 
heavenly world, we must be in this respect just 
like Him, that is, we must be entirely free from 
moral darkness or sin. 

3. By nature and practice we are not morally 
transparent, but are morally opaque. 

4. The profession of fellowship is a lie if 
there be still sin in ns. 



94 THE HUMAN HEART. 

5. God has made ample provision in the gos- 
pel for fellowship with Him and freedom from 
sin. 

6. The process is pointed out. (a) Forgive- 
ness of sins upon confession. This brings us 
from darkness into light, but does not entirely 
free us from indwelling sin. "Awake, thou 
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and 
Christ shall give thee light." Light is a 
free gift from God through Christ's aton- 
ing work. (!>) Having come into light by 
the converting grace of God, the direction 
is plainly given to "walk in the light," 
that is, obey the convictions wrought in the 
soul by the truth. " Thy Word is a lamp unto 
my feet and a light unto my path." "As He is 
in the light," and as He reveals it to us. (c) 
The result is blessed. We have fellowship with 
God, and "the blood of Jesus Christ His Son 
cleanseth us from all sin." 

7. The eighth verse is to be considered as the 
words of an objector who does not believe in 
inbred sin, or the residue theory of depravity. 
There were such in John's clay, and there are 
such in our day. If they had believed in inbred 
depravity, they would have had no difficulty in 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 95 

believing in its extirpation through atoning 
blood. 

The tenth verse is also an objector's language. 
This objector does not think he ever sinned. 
He not only denies inbred sin, but scouts the 
whole idea of sin, actual and original. 

The apostle teaches plainly the existence of 
inbred sin and the possibility of its extirpation 
through the blood of Chrict. The seventh and 
eighth verses cover this subject. 

The ninth and tenth verses treat of actual 
sins and their forgiveness after confession, with 
a clause added concerning deliverance from " all 
unrighteousness/' which is probably the same 
as " sin " in the eighth verse. This passage of 
Scripture, as a whole, teaches forgiveness, 
purity, fellowship, heaven through the gospel 
plan. 

1 John 3: 18. My little children, let us not love in 
word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 

19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, 
and shall assure our hearts before him. 

20. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater 
than our heart, and knoweth all things. 

21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have 
we confidence toward God. 

22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, be- 
cause we keep his commandments, and do those 
things that are pleasing in his sight. 



96 THE HUMAN HEART. 

23. And this is his commandment, That we should 
believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love 
one another, as he gave us commandment. 

24. And he that keepeth his commandments dwell- 
eth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know 
that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath 
given us. 

1. Be possessed of true, genuine, unadulter- 
ated love. 

2. An infallible guide to the knowledge of 
God's favor. Are our hearts condemned ? God 
condemns. Have we confidence towards God ? 
Then our hearts are assured, and no man can 
look us out of countenance. 

3. Prayer answered. 

4. Faith and love are ours and God well 
pleased. 

5. The assurance of the Spirit that we dwell 
in him and he in us. 

THE WILL OF GOD. 

Col. 4: 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant 
of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently 
for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and 
complete in all the will of God. 

Matt. 6: 10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
in earth, as it is in heaven. 

1 Tliess. 4: 3. For this is the will of Gocl, even your 
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornica- 
tion. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 97 

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by 
the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liv- 
ing sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. 

2. And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye 
may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect 
will of God. 

The relation of the will of God to the entire 
sanctification of the hearts of believers. There 
can be nothing in the first of the above verses 
that makes allowance for sin. " Stand perfect 
and complete in all the will of God." Tn the 
second we are constantly to pray that God's 
will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
" On earth " — in my heart — now. " As it is in 
heaven w — perfectly, spontaneously, constantly 
by all. In the third text it is shown that God 
wills or strongly desires our sanctification. 
Only one sinful indulgence is named, but who 
can doubt that full sanctification covers all sin 
fulness and lust ? In the fourth text we see 
that by following a certain prescribed course, 
we may prove in our actual experience the 
"good, acceptable and perfect will of God." 



98 THE HUMAN HEART. 

A SECOND BLESSING. 

2 Cor. 1: 15. And in this confidence I was minded 
to come nnto yon before, that ye might have a second 
benefit. 

1 Thess. 3 : 10. Night and day praying exceedingly 
that we might see yonr face, and might perfect that 
which is lacking in your faith. 

1 John 4: 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that 
we may have boldness in the day of judgment: be- 
cause as he is, so are we in this world. 

18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love cast- 
eth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that 
feareth as not made perfect in love. 

2 Cor. 7: 1. Having therefore these promises, dearly 
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of 
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of 
God. 

Heb. 6: 1. Therefore leaving the principles of the 
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not 
laying again the foundation of repentance from dead 
works, and of faith toward God, 

2. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of 
hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eter- 
nal judgment. 

3. And this will we do, if God permit. 

Here are five texts, all teaching substantially 
the same thing, namely, the great truth that the 
entire sanctification of the heart is a " second 
blessing." It is not all wrought at conversion. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 99 

In one it is a " second benefit." In another it 
is the supplying the lack in the faith of the 
believers, perfecting their faith. The expulsion 
of unbelief from the heart is the very essence 
of entire sanctification. In the third it is the 
perfecting of love. There was love before ; by 
entire sanctification "love is made perfect." In 
the fourth it is perfecting holiness by the 
cleansing away of all filthiness. These brethren 
were holy before, but not perfectly holy. In 
the last it is going on unto perfection, not 
toward it, but unto it. Perfection or backslid- 
ing ; there is no middle ground. So all these 
texts teach a " second work." 

BY FAITH, NOT BY WOKKS. 

Eph. 2: 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; 
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

9. Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ 
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before or- 
dained that we should walk in them. 

Gal. 3: 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched 
you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose 
eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, cruci- 
fied among you ? 

2. This only would I learn of you, Received ye the 
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of 
faith ? 



100 THE HUMAN HEART. 

3. Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, 
are ye now made perfect by the flesh ? 

These texts especially emphasize the truth 
that salvation is by faith and not by works. 
Entire sanctification is the elimination of sin 
from the heart, and that is a saving process. 
"By grace are ye saved through faith/' whether 
the particular part of the work be justification 
or entire sanctification, it is all by faith and 
never by works. Good works have their place 
in the economy of salvation, but they are 
always fruit and never conditions. Precisely as 
we are justified by faith, are we sanctified by 
faith. Growth is not a process of grace, but a 
process of nature. The saved and sanctified 
soul grows according to a law of nature. That 
is always gradual. On the contrary, gracious 
processes are sudden, instantaneous and imme- 
diate. The Galatians tried the works process 
of obtaining perfection or sanctification, but 
they failed. They became Judaizers, and St. 
Paul was obliged to call them back to Calvary 
and the faith process. 

NOW, IX THIS PRESENT LIFE. 

James 1: 21. Wherefore lay aside all filthiness and 
superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meek- 
ness the engrafted word, which is able to save your 
souls. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 101 

Bom. 8: 23. And not only they, but ourselves also, 
which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we our- 
selves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adop- 
tion, to wit, the redemption of our body. 

The exhortation contained in the first of 
the above texts is to present entire salvation. 
Receive the engrafted word now. Immediately 
lay apart " all filthiness of flesh and spirit (see 
St. Paul, 2 Cor. 7 : 1) perfecting holiness in the 
fear of God." " Receive '■ by faith this mo- 
ment "the engrafted Word/' "which is able/' 
or has power, just now, " to save your souls " 
from all sin. 

On the contrary, the redemption of the body 
is to be waited for. (See the second of the 
above texts.) The Bible makes a sharp distinc- 
tion between soul salvation and body salvation. 
The first is now ; the second is to be waited for 
till the resurrection. 

Luke 11: 2. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in 
earth. 

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by 
the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liv- 
ing sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. 

2. And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye 



102 THE HUMAN HEART. 

may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and 
perfect will of God. 

1 John 1 : 4. And these things write we unto you, 
that your joy may be full. 

5. This then is the message which we have heard of 
him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in 
him is no darkness at all. 

0. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and 
walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : 

7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood 
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 

9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unright- 
eousness. 

10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him 
a liar, and his word is not in us. 

Heb. 10: 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness 
to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, which h*e hath conse- 
crated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his 
flesh; 

21. And having a high priest over the house of 
God; 

22. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an 
evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith 
without wavering; for he is faithful that promised: 



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24. And let us consider one another to provoke unto 
love and to good works : 

25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to- 
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one 
another : and so much the more as ye see the day 
approaching. 

1 Thess. 5 : 23. And the very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and 
soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

24. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will 
do it. 

There is no possibility of this prayer being 
answered, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so 
in earth/' if present entire sanctification be 
impossible. 

To " prove that good, and acceptable, and per- 
fect will of God " in this world, is to have the 
experience of entire sanctih cation, and no one 
can maintain a single moment that this text in 
Romans 12 : 1, 2, refers to any life but the 
present. 

Notice again the text in 1 John. What 
is fulness of joy but a fruit of the full indwell- 
ing of the Spirit ? To have fellowship with 
God, to be rid of all darkness, to be cleansed 
from all sin, as well as being forgiven, is nothing 
less than full salvation. And it is in the 
present life. 



104 THK HUMAN HEART. 

Now read the text in Hebrews. " Having/' 
means now. " Let us draw near/' is now. 
" Let us hold fast," is now. " Let us consider/' 
is now. "Assembling ourselves together/' 
means in this life. 

And so of the text in 1 Thessalonians, 
and especially taken with the context. We are 
to be sanctified wholly now, and to be preserved 
blameless unto the coming of Christ. The 
"rejoicing evermore/' "praying without ceas- 
ing/' "in everything giving thanks," is all in 
the present world. 

THE TRUSTFUL HEART. 

The entirely sanctified heart is one from 
which unbelief has been expelled. Therefore, 
it is a trustful heart. The heart must trust 
before it can be wholly sanctified. And when 
sanctification takes place, it will trust God 
naturally and easily. It will trust especially 
for spiritual things. Still, even a newly sancti- 
fied heart needs education and discipline to 
enable it always to say, "Thy will be done." 
The " whole armor " needs to be worn a little, 
and become fitted to the individual and the 
individual to it, before the heart can implicitly 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 105 

and unwaveringly and imintermittently trust 
God. It needs schooling, especially in the mat- 
ter of trusting God for temporal blessings. So 
the remainder of this chapter will be devoted 
to setting forth the " Word for it " with refer- 
ence to the believer's privilege of living a life 
of trust. 

Ps. 37: 1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, 
neither be thou envious against the workers of 
iniquity. 

2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and 
wither as the green herb. 

3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; .so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

4. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall 
give thee the desires of thine heart. 

5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in 
him; and he shall bring it to pass. 

6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 
light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 

7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: 
fret not thyself because of him who prospereth m his 
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked de- 
vices to pass. 

23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the 
Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 

24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast 
down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

25. I have been young, and now am old: yet have I 
not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging 
bread. 



106 THE HUMAN HEART. 

20. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed 
is blessed. 

27. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for 
evermoie. 

28. Foi the Lord loveth judgment, and forsake th 
not his saints ; they are preserved for ever : but the 
seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 

29. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell 
therein for ever. 

85. I have seen the wicked in great power, and 
spreading himself like a green bay tree. 

36. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I 
sought him, but he could not be found. 

37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
for the end of that man is peace. 

We give here a few quotations from the 37th 
Psalm. Let everybody read the whole Psalm in 
this connection. 

Let ns note a few of the points : 

1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. 

2. "Trust in the Lord. Thy food and shelter 
are sure. 

3. Delight in God and obtain thy heart's 
desire. 

4. Commit thy w r ay to Him, and He will 
bring it to pass. 

5. Eest in the Lord and wait patiently for 
him. 

6. The steps of a good man ordered by the 
Lord. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 107 

7. The righteous not forsaken nor his seed 
begging bread. 

8. He is merciful, and forsaketh not His 
saints. 

9. Inherit the land and dwell therein for- 
ever. 

10. The wicked are not so. 

11. Mark the perfect man : his end peace. 
Kemember it is always the righteous, the 

saint, the perfect man, the good man, those who 
trust, commit, delight, rest, do good, etc., etc. 
Such men can depend on God to fulfil His 
promises every time. Let not the untrue, the 
unfaithful, the half-hearted, the indolent, the 
careless, the worldly expect these marvellous 
things done for them. God says he will do the 
exact opposite to such. 

Isa. 26: 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in 
thee. 

4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord 
Jehovah is everlasting strength. 

Phil. 4: 4. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I 
say, Eejoice. 

5. Let your moderation be known unto all men. 
The Lord is at hand. 

G. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by 
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your 
requests be made known unto God. 



108 THE HUMAN HEART. 

1.9. But my God shall supply all your need accord- 
ing to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 

To be kept in perfect peace in the midst of 
financial and temporal perplexity, burden and 
apprehended disaster, is a marvellous triumph 
of divine grace, but it is provided for in the 
promises, and every entirely sanctified heart 
knows what it is, if he has stayed his mind on 
God and trusted. If he fails here, he will fail 
in trusting God for continued heart cleansing. 
"Trust in the Lord forever. 7 ' "Rejoice in the 
Lord always." "Be anxious for nothing." 
Pray, supplicate, give thanks. And the peace 
shall keep. And "My God shall supply all 
your need." 

Matt. 6: 31. Therefore take no thought, saying, 
What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink '? or, 
Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 

32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: ) 
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need 
of all these things. 

33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness; and all these things shall be added 
unto you. 

34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for 
the morrow shall take thought for the things of 
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 



THE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED HEART. 109 

Take not thought, that is, be not anxious. 
Do your best in every respect ; after that trust 
Gocl implicitly. First of all, seek entire con- 
formity to God's will; put yourself under the 
yoke of Christ; then use your brains, your 
hands and every faculty to the very best possi- 
ble advantage. After that, trust God and be 
not afraid, no matter what happens. 

1 Tim. 6: 6. But godliness with contentment is 
great gain. 

7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is 
certain we can carry nothing out. 

8. And having food and raiment, let us be there- 
with content. 

9. But they that will be rich fall into temptation 
and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
which drown men in destruction and perdition. 

10. For the love of money is the root of all evil: 
which while some coveted after, they have erred from 
the faith, and pierced themselves through with many 
sorrows. 

11. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and 
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, 
patience, meekness. 

The trouble with too many Christians is they 
want too much. God gives some people money, 
because he can trust them to dispense it accord- 
ing to His will, but no man ought to seek to be 



110 THE HUMAN HEART. 

rich. There is great danger to those who will 
be rich. Those who make the accumulation of 
wealth the chief object in life cannot claim 
God's blessing, and will probably lose their 
souls. To one to whom God gives money, there 
is no safety, but in dispensing it with a free yet 
judicious liberality. If we will follow the 
teachings of God's Word as presented in these 
Scriptures, there is absolutely no such thing as 
failure. 

James 5: 13. Is any among you afflicted? let him 
pray. Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. 

14. Is any sick among you ? let him call for the 
elders of the church; and let them pray over him, 
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 

15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and 
the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have com- 
mitted sins, they shall be forgiven him. 

16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray 
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effec- 
tual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth 
much. 

17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we 
are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : 
and it rained not on the earth by the space of three 
years and six months. 

18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, 
and the earth brought forth her fruit. 

19. Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, 
and one convert him ; 



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20. Let him know, that he which coiiverteth a sin- 
ner from the error of his way shall save a soul from 
death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

2 Cor. 12: 7. And lest I should be exalted above 
measure through the abundance of the revelations, 
there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the mes- 
senger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted 
above measure. 

8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that 
it might depart from me. 

9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for 
thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in- 
firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon 
me. 

10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in re- 
proaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses 
for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, tliem am I 
strong. 

Matt. 26: 30. And he went a little further, and fell 
on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be 
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not 
as I will, but as thou wilt. 

"The prayer of faith shall save the sick." 
There is no doubt but what in this matter of 
healing God is a Sovereign and works upon a 
different plan from that which governs the sal- 
vation of the soul. "Whosoever wall may take 
the water of life freely." Whom God sees best 
to heal. He heals. _ St. Paul was heard when he 



112 THE HUMAN HEART, 

prayed for the removal of the thorn in the 
flesh. The thorn was not removed; but he 
had grace to bear it. 

Jesus prayed for the removal of the cup. 
" He was heard in that he feared " (Heb. 5 : 7), 
but the cup was not removed. He was able to 
say, " Thy will be done." So may we in every 
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